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Mexican Amazon Ant

Polyergus mexicanus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Polyergus mexicanus is a species of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is the most widely distributed species of Polyergus in North America. It is an obligatory social parasite, unable to feed itself or look after the colony and reliant on ants of another species, Formica, to undertake these tasks.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 126United States of America · 62